The Basics
Event: 2019 Bast-Cregger Invitational Indoor Track Meet
Competitors: Bridgewater College, Carson-Newman University, Columbia College (S.C), Concord University, Eastern Mennonite University, Emory & Henry College, Hollins University, Lincoln Memorial University, Mary Baldwin University, Methodist University, Queens University of Charlotte, Radford University, Randolph College, Shenandoah University, Southern Virginia University, University of Lynchburg, Virginia University of Lynchburg, and Washington and Lee University.
Location: Salem, Va.
The Lead: Roanoke hosted the annual Bast-Cregger Indoor Track Meet over the weekend. A trio of Maroons won individual events as RC got the indoor season off to a strong start.
Women's Highlights:
- Friday night would see Roanoke's first individual win. Lindsey Barton posted a final height of 10'11.75" to finish first in the Pole Vault. Chloe Van Duyne finished third with Claire Trotto claiming fifth place.
- Alison Moreau registered a pair of top three efforts. Moreau won the 200M with a final time of 26.93 and claimed a third place finish with a final jump of 5'1" in the High Jump.
- Senior Claire Aurand was the only runner to break the eight second mark when she posted a 7.98 in the prelims of the 60M. In the finals, Aurand finished fourth in the event with a time of 8.10.
- In the 800M Hailey Draper earned a runner-up finish with a time of 2:31.17.
- In the throwing events, RC earned another runner-up spot when Jayna Jean-Jules went 44'9" in the Weighted Throw.
- In the 4x400 Relay the Maroon quartet of Saja Alexander, Emily Ball, Allison Barthol, and Lauren Henson come home fourth, 4:18.98, just one second out of a top three finish.
Men's Highlights:
- Xavier O'Brien won the 60M Hurdles in 8.61, besting his prelim time of 8.75 by .14 of a second.
- In the 600M, Sam Crawford went 1:26.78 in his runner-up effort. Crawford finished just one spot ahead of teammate Micah Ray as RC would place a pair in the top three.
- The Weighted Throw would see Kyle Bland finish third with a toss of 43'11.75".
- On the opening night, Jackson Smith got the men off to a quality start with a fourth place effort in the Pole Vault, 12'1.50".
- RC just missed another top five in the Heptathlon, when Miles Enstrom scored 3457 points, sixth overall.
- RC would place a pair of team's in the top five of the 4x400 Relay. Aaron Rogers, Cameron Harris, Brandon Justice, and Blake Morin finished third, 3:35.31, less than a second behind the winning time of 3:35.14. In fifth place was a second RC team: Troy Crawley, Grant Williams, Greyson Cornett, and Ray.
Up next: RC will open up the new year with a trip to Winchester to run in the Wilkins Invitational hosted by Shenandoah University on January 12th.
